This is finishing the discussion about the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) http://www.nces.ed.gov: Comparative library data. Email me for help if this all sounds like too much work and we will be glad to do this for you. Not always, but sometimes, our educational institution client may wish The Virtual Librarian Service to express their library in a comparative tone. Comparisons may be done secretly as in competitive intelligence and reported just to the Provost, or in a self-study programmatic or accreditation report positioning what the library has or does in a certain light. You can use the NCES site to pull up data to compare your library.
